Entering its third year, this four-day party for your mouth brings together
leading chefs, artisans, farmers, winemakers, brewers and distillers from
Oregon and beyond for one delicious weekend with over 35 events at venues
across Portland. At the core of this annual exhibition of bounty is a mission
to end childhood hunger in Oregon and across America by donating festival net
proceeds to Share Our Strength and Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon, giving
more than $99,000 in its first two years.

THE TALENT

Based in a city globally celebrated for innovations in food
and drink, Feast Portland unites local talent with internationally recognized
chefs, industry leaders, national media and top culinary influencers. Founded
by Mike Thelin and Carrie Welch in 2011, Feast has become a premier festival
for emerging and established talent across the industry. “Feast Portland shines
the spotlight on Portland and Oregon for one weekend each year, and provides
industry leaders with firsthand experience of emerging culinary trends,” said
Welch and Thelin.

Another exciting addition to the 2014 Feast Portland
schedule is The Hot 10 Dinner: Celebrating Bon Appétit's Best
New Restaurants in America. The exclusive Thursday night dinner will feature
five previously nominated Bon Appétit Best New Restaurant
chefs – both from inside and outside of Portland – as well as a chef from this
year’s top 10 list. Marquee events are complemented by intimate sit-down
dinners, tasting panels, hands-on classes, lively culinary demonstrations and
industry get-togethers over the course of the weekend.

Feel the pulse of the country’s best restaurants at this
multi-course dinner prepared by past and present recipients of the “Hot
10,” Bon Appétit's annual short list of the best new restaurants in
America, as named each year by Restaurant and Drinks Editor Andrew Knowlton.
Hosted by Knowlton and Editor in Chief Adam Rapoport this dinner is a showcase
of Hot 10 alums as well as one chef/restaurant from the 2014 list to be
unveiled in late August.

The goal: Sandwich Supernova. The event: The Sandwich
Invitational, Feast Portland’s killer kick-off party, where wildly imaginative,
chef’d-up interpretations redefine everything you thought the humble sandwich
could be. This year, 13 of America’s top chefs gather under the stars at
Downtown Portland’s Director Park in their quest for sandwich success. Test
your sandwich savvy by voting for the People’s Choice winner, wash it down with
local Widmer Brothers Brewing beers, Northwest wines and cocktails and you have
yourself a deliciously unforgettable evening.

Oregon is known for outstanding artisan offerings such as
cheese, charcuterie, wine, beer and coffee. Come taste them all at the Oregon
Bounty Grand Tasting when we transform Portland’s “living room” into the city’s
dining room for two days of Feast-ing! At the festival’s premiere
daytime event, you can eat and drink your way through artisans, wineries and
breweries. And while you’re indulging in Oregon’s best, the country’s top chefs
return to the KitchenAid Main Demo Stage for lively cooking demonstrations.
Whether you’re new to Oregon’s bounty or a dedicated locavore this event is not
to be missed.

The nation’s liveliest outdoor celebration of global street
food moves to the iconic Portland waterfront at Zidell Yards. So get ready for
an evening that is bigger, bolder, and somehow, filled with even more food!
Situated below the Ross Island Bridge, the Night Market will overlook the
central artery of this port town, the Willamette River. New street food
offerings will include the plethora of Asian options you’ve grown to love,
along with Italian, Argentinian, Indian and more. With a who’s who of Oregon craft
beer, wine, and spirits, you’ll be ready for an experience that embodies the
sights, sounds, and tastes of an international culinary journey.

Feast Portland doubles down again this year, with more than
20 chefs pushing comfort food out of its comfort zone at High Comfort. Put on
your cuff links and high heels ladies and gents, cuz we’re headed to The Nines
Hotel for the most decadent culinary event around. Oregon’s top winemakers will
personally keep your glass full and you’ll be fed silly by the nation’s top
culinary talent from Portland to NYC and everywhere in between. Don’t plan
anything early the next day!

We’ve gathered the best of the brunch for Feast Portland’s
newest event, Brunch Village. If you’ve ever found yourself waiting in line
outside of that must-get-into brunch place, if you’re a baron of Bloody Mary’s,
a sultan of scrambled eggs, then pull up a chair and join us for the best boozy
brunch ever. Chefs from Portland and around the country will build their
“towns” of bacon, eggs, pastries, and everything else that makes brunch our
favorite meal of the day. Pile your plate up high, relax and take in the
first-ever Feast Cocktail Competition, where Portland’s top bartenders mix up
their favorite drinks for brunch glory. We guarantee you’ll apply for
citizenship of Brunch Village.

For those who want to bring home more than just a fully belly
from the festival, Feast Portland’s Hands-On Classes provide a rare opportunity
to learn the tricks of the trade directly from the nation’s most skilled
artisans and chefs. The Tasting Panels explore new trends in the beverage
world, with discussions and tastings of wine, beer and cocktails led by local
and national experts.

KitchenCru is a shared use kitchen and culinary incubator in
the heart of Portland – thus it’s the perfect location for the Feast Portland
KitchenCru Dinner Series, our brand-new, next-level, multi-chef, collaborative
dinner series where chefs from around the country will bring together their
unique perspectives for once-in-a-lifetime dinner experiences. Feast Portland’s
popular traditional dinner series also returns, pairing a visiting chef with a
Portland favorite, creating the menus of their lives. With a spotlight on the
best Oregon ingredients and local wines, attendees will feast on the culinary
excellence of the country’s top chefs and those from our own backyard.

State of the Art with Adelsheim Vineyard and Willamette
Valley Vineyards

Join a super group of the country’s leading edge chefs for
what will be one of most interesting dinners ever to happen on Oregon soil.
Local boy Justin Woodward (Castagna, Portland) will be joined by Dominique
Crenn (Atelier Crenn, San Francisco), Homaro Cantu (Moto, Chicago), Matt
Accarrino (SPQR, San Francisco) and pastry chef Matt Tinder (The Restaurant at
Meadowood, Napa Valley) in this culinary super jam.

Pop-up dinners and restaurants are the culmination of
inventive culinary themes and vanguard chefs, so we’ve gathered together our
favorite “pop stars” including Sarah Simmons (City Grit, NYC) along with local
pop heroes Katy Millard (Coquine, Portland) and Will Preisch and Joel Stocks
(Holdfast Dining, Portland) in one kitchen for one night to create what is sure
to be a once-in-a lifetime meal.

Those who claim that men monopolize the culinary world
simply haven’t been paying attention for the past decade. Be schooled by
bad-ass lady chefs Kuniko Yagi (Hinoki and the Bird, Los Angeles), Christina
Tosi (Momofuku Milk Bar, NYC), Naomi Pomeroy (Beast, Portland), and Johanna
Ware (Smallwares, Portland) as they ‘lean in’ and show you why women are
leading the culinary conversation more than ever.

Two masters of invention spiked with Asian flair, Anita Lo
(Annisa, NYC) and Gregory Gourdet (Departure, Portland) come together for an
unforgettable evening. At Annisa, Chef Lo has been collecting stars –
one from the Michelin guide and a rare three sparklers from The New
York Times in the past year – while Chef Gourdet has been turning heads as a
prolific chef and budding television personality. We’ve even thrown in
Downtown’s best view for good measure because we take ‘unforgettable’ seriously.

Chef Ari Taymor (Alma, Los Angeles) ventures north to team
up with Sarah Pliner (Aviary, PDX) for a dinner to remember. Two food world
Picassos, Taymor and Pliner, root classic technique at the heart of their food,
but add a world of abstraction and creativity that brings it to another level.
You won’t want to miss what they create together.

MORE INFORMATION

Tickets can be purchased at feastportland.com for the more than 35
events around Portland, Oregon, and offer a broad range, from “The Package,”
which includes one ticket each to the Friday Oregon Bounty Grand Tasting,
Saturday Oregon Bounty Grand Tasting, Sandwich Invitational, Night Market,
Brunch Village and High Comfort, at $530, to tasting panels at $55.

In addition, visitors are invited to expand their
Feast experience by taking advantage of pre- and post-event options that will
take them to Oregon tastemakers’ favorite mouthwatering spots. Travel Oregon’s
“Trails to Feast” inspirational itineraries give a firsthand look into Oregon’s
bounty – meeting the farmers, fishermen, winemakers, foragers and food artisans
who contributed the ingredients behind Feast.

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